It seems that community colleges have seen an increase in the enrollment of baby boomers. They have been successful in the past at retraining older workers or training older workers in a new field. This is from the Dallas News http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/042809dnbuscommunitycolleges.3a8d47a.html
Experience can be a negative for some unemployed and over fifty. Some companies would rather take a chance on less experienced and cheaper younger workers. There is a story from Oregon, where the unemployment is the second highest in the country.
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/04/experience_not_always_a_plus_f.html
When you are laid off and the company offers a severance package but you have to sign a release. Does that worry you? From the Ask A Lawyer of the Dailybreeze.com an answer is given. http://www.dailybreeze.com/business/ci_12241555
Many baby boomers working for the federal government will be retiring in the coming years. Will this help the unemployment rate? Or will the jobs be cut. Here is a post by John Grobe
http://www.fedsmith.com/article/1969/
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
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